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enDanny Elfman Does a Movie Goodhttp://www.glaad.org/2009/02/19/danny-elfman-does-a-movie-good
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Composer <strong>Danny Elfman</strong>, the music man behind <strong><em>Milk</em></strong>, has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Elfman recently appeared on Los Angeles public radio station <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/etc/the-oscars">KCRW</a> to talk about his experiences in composing for a film steeped in gay history.</p>
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<a href="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dannyelfman.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-6535" title="dannyelfman" src="http://glaadblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dannyelfman-273x300.jpg" alt="" width="273" height="300" /></a>Elfman joined Morning Becomes Eclectic host Jason Bentley as part of Bentley's "Music Behind the Movies" series. Here are a few choice snippets:</p>
<p>-- On Van Sant: "Getting into any project with Gus means I'm going to go in a lot of different directions and mess around with a lot of different ideas. With another director, that can be very frustrating. Trying to hone in on 'What do you want for this movie?' With Gus it's more of a process of fun experimentation."</p>
<p>-- On his creative process: "I don't do research going into a movie. I think the least I know the better. I like to forget that I've even read the script, even though I do read the script because the more prepared I am in the beginning, the more it sends me down a specific direction which may not be the right direction...So I started with a real blank slate other than -- don't mess this up. Except I didn't use the word mess, but we're live on the air."</p>
<p>To listen to the interview in its entirety, please click <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/etc/the-oscars">here</a>.<br /></p><div align="left">
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">February 19, 2009</span></div></div></div>
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<li class="field-item even"><a href="/issues/entertainment">Entertainment</a></li>
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<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/academy-awards">Academy Awards</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/composer">composer</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/danny-elfman">Danny Elfman</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/gus-van-sant">Gus Van Sant</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/jason-bentley">Jason Bentley</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/kcrw">KCRW</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/milk">Milk</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/music">Music</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/oscars">Oscars</a></li>
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